1.of persons, acting of one's own will, of oneself, Il., etc.
2.of things, self-moving, self-acting, spontaneous, of the gates of Olympus, the tripods of Hephaestus, Il.:—of plants, growing of themselves, Hdt.
II.αὐτόματον, ου, τό, mere chance, ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτομάτου or ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου, Lat. sponte, by chance, naturally, Hdt., Thuc.
III.adv. -τως ῀ ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου, Hdt.